Small ads - end of a White Dwarf staple

Just a brief stream of consciousness post brought on by a quick skim through WD94. A very battered copy of this arrived in a job lot and something caught my eye, perhaps about thirty years too late.
I love the small ads in White Dwarf, it’s always been a place where nonsense was written and deals could be made. Announcement of the deaths of unfeasably named characters alongside ads for early TSR modules abound, some great deals here to be sure ( back to the trusty time machine!)
However what struck me about this issue was this:-

Was this the beginning of the end of WD as we new it? Probably as new fangled Space Marines and a place called Rynn’s world have a heavy presence. Tabletop gaming was certainly starting to usurp the old favourites but I guess that is progress.

However this was actually an issue full of content and well worth a read - Live and Die in Mega City One was the first instalment if a frankly excellent scenario, and worth the price of admission in its own.

One last thing - I don’t have ready access to a lot of my collection but I wonder if anyone can find my only ever time in print in a gaming mag. A young lad called Carl with the phone number Farnham Common 4105 put in an ad selling up his collection. Never worked out though because we moved house by the time the advert hit the press!!

Good memories here as always.

Until next time